IT Jan 2008 - Industrial Technology Magazine

ENGINEERING LITERATURE
Highlighting over
18,000 products
Phoenix Contact’s new catalogue set
is available, highlighting a
selection of its products across six
individual publications. The new
catalogues have been expanded by more
than 1200 new innovations to give a
comprehensive selection guide to the
company’s product lines.
The full catalogue set includes of over
18,000 products, broken down into
Clipline (industrial connection
technology), Combicon (PCB connection
technology and electronic housings),
Pluscon (industrial connectors), Trabtech
(surge protection), Interface, and
Automation(components and systems).
Want a copy? ........................................Enter Z204
Guides for your book shelf
and the latest brochures
Every month, your hard working Industrial Technology team brings
you the best of the latest industry guides, the most interesting
catalogues, and news of important updates to supplier web sites
One hundred and twenty five
years since the forerunner
of the IEE’s Wiring
Regulations was first
published, the latest edition has been
formally approved for publication.
The 17th Edition of BS 7671,
Requirements for Electrical
Installation, also known as the
IEE Wiring Regulations, will be
published this month.
The publication is produced by
the Institution of Engineering and
Technology (formerly the IEE) and
plays a key role in safety and
standards within the electrical
installation industry. The IET
manages the UK’s national wiring
committee which prepares and
updates the regulations and publishes
the Wiring Regulations.
The 50-strong committee
representing the electrical industry
has been reviewing the current
regulations for the last two years.
Over 2,500 comments were received
from industry during a three month
public consultation period. The 17th
edition will run to almost 400 pages.
A great deal of progress has been
made on international standards work
in IEC and CENELEC since the
publication of BS 7671:2001, requiring
both structural changes to the British
Standard and also significant technical
advances to be included. There are now
requirements for renewable energy
generation and combined heat and
power. These changes affect all areas of
the Standard, so the decision was taken
by JPEL/64 (the national committee
responsible for BS 7671) to publish the
revised Standard as the 17th Edition.
As a result the 17th edition now
includes additional requirements to
ensure the safe connection of lowvoltage
generating sets including small
scale embedded generators and solar
photovoltaic (PV) power supply
systems.
Published in paperback and
costing £65, the new IEE Wiring
Regulations will be available from the
sales department at the IET, which
can be contacted by phone on 01438
767328 or by email via
sales@theiet.org.
Vibration sensors
Monitran
Monitran has released an
innovative product selector
guide. It presents the top-level
features and benefits of 64 of
Monitran’s general and special
purpose accelerometers – all in
a concise, A4 fold-out booklet.
Within the sensor guide
products are split into three
categories, namely general
purpose analysis (AC), general
purpose monitoring (DC) and
special purpose, and then further
refined into families. The guide
also includes a page devoted to
selection tips.
Machinery framing
MiniTec UK
MiniTec UK Limited has
launched a new 372 page
catalogue for its Profile System
range of machine framing
systems and components. The
hard cover 21 section resource
comprehensively details over
600 items from the range of
cross sectional aluminium
profiles and machine framing
components.
The full range covers,
profiles, fasteners, wheels,
supports, hinges, doors,
panels and many more
components.
Joysticks
Penny & Giles
Penny & Giles has launched a
new finger-operated joystick
controllers brochure. Complete
with technical information,
including a designers’ guide for
ordering and installation, the
free brochure is user-friendly
and offers information about an
extensive range of products for
precision control of critical
functions in a wide range of
industrial applications.
The brochure details the
choice of six models in Penny
& Giles’ range of fingeroperated
joysticks.
Flying shears
Gefran
Gefran UK has released a new
motion control application
guide for flying shear and feedto-length
cutting systems
based on its SIEIDrives XVy-EV
family of high performance
servo drives.
The guide includes data
sheets and detailed instruction
manuals that describe all the
controls and parameters
available for users to configure
their own dynamic web
processing applications. Also
included are videos showing
various cutting applications.
Automation
Routeco
Routeco reports that the
primary function of its new
catalogue is to provide
customers with a unique
purchasing experience. The
catalogue is easy to use and
the colour coded sections at
the front of the catalogue are
also reflected in the sections
found on the new Routeco
website.
Featuring over 8000 key
products and divided into 25
easy to use coloured coded
sections, the catalogue is an
invaluable reference.
Want a copy? .....Enter Z205 on the card
Want a copy? .....Enter Z206 on the card
Want a copy? .....Enter Z207 on the card
Want a copy? .....Enter Z208 on the card
Want a copy? .....Enter Z209 on the card
20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY • January 2008